A. Iain McGhie, M.D.

Dr. McGhie is Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Exercise and Nuclear Cardiology Laboratories at the University of Texas - Houston Medical School Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology Division).

Dr. McGhie reports no commercial conflict of interest.

This activity is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology.

Release Date: 02/14/1999
Termination Date: 02/14/2002

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, the participant should be able to:

• Discuss the different modalities of stress that are available for use in conjunction with myocardial perfusion imaging
• List the different radiopharmaceuticals that are available for myocardial perfusion imaging and understand their use
• Describe the basic physiologic principles of stress myocardial perfusion imaging
• Apply stress myocardial perfusion imaging in clinical practice.

 

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